ExportSheetsToExcelX()

Summary

Export mulitple views to an ExcelX file,

 

Changes

Added to Version 2021.

 

Syntax

ExportSheetsToExcelX(string excel_file, array sheets)

 

Argument	Contents
excel_file	Name of the Excel workbook (.xlsX) file
sheets	An array of options arrays where the option name is the "view|set"to be exported and the option value is another option array according to the table below
new_file	Name of the new table file

 

Option	Type	Contents
SheetName	String	The name of the worksheet in the Excel workbook (.xlsX) file
Row Order	Array	An array that indicates the desired sort order, or null for natural order. The array is an array of field name-order pairs with two strings, the name of the field and "Ascending" or "Descending," for each field in the sort order
Fields	Array	An array of field names to be exported

 

Notes

• If the Sheet option is omitted, Maptitude exports the first worksheet.

Example

// Exports selection sets form tow layers to separate worksheets in an Excel file

out_file = "c:\\temp\\test.xlsx"

sheets = {

           {"State|Selection",

               {

                 "SheetName": "State" ,

                 "Row order" : {{"ID", "Ascending"}},

                 "Fields": {"State Abbrev", "Land Area", "Population" }

               }

          },

          {"Census Tract|Selection",

               {

                 "SheetName": "Census Tract" ,

                 "Row order" : {{"State Abbrev", "Ascending"}, {"Tract", "Ascending"}},

                 "Fields": {"State Abbrev", "Land Area", "Tract", "Population"}

               }

          }

         }     

ExportSheetsToExcelX(out_file, sheets )

 

Error Codes

Error Type	Meaning
NotFound	Field name not found or view name not found or selection set name not found
Error	Invalid fields array.

 

See Also

Function	Summary
ListExcelSheets()	Lists all the worksheets in an Excel workbook (.xls) file
OpenTable()	Opens a table from a file on disk and creates a view
ExportExcel()	Reads an Excel workbook (.xls) file and exports one of its sheets to a new table